Note: For admitted organizations that wish to change their contact details
(including a change in Designated Contact Point) please complete a Contact Details Form (239 kB) (for already admitted organizations),
available in the table below under the section on Admission.

Please be aware of the different systems that are used by observer organizations for
registration, side event and exhibit applications and
admission respectively.
• Online Registration System
(ORS)Function: For already-admitted NGOs to nominate and confirm their
representatives for UNFCCC sessions by the respective deadlines (stated in the
notification/information note for each conference).Logging in to ORS : If you have already created an account in ORS, the login
and password remain valid when you use the system to nominate for future sessions.User Manual:
https://onlinereg.unfccc.int/onlinereg/public/UNFCCC_ORS_User_Manual-Observer_Organisations.pdf

• Online Admission System
(OAS)Function: For new organizations to apply for
admission as observers to the UNFCCC process. Please note that already-admitted observer
organizations are not required to use this system as, in accordance with FCCC/CP/1995/7,
paragraph 22, organizations, once admitted, are eligible to attend future UNFCCC sessions and
do not need to reapply for admission.Logging in to OAS: Applying organizations must create a new account in order
to use the system. Following the review cycle, eligible organizations that are formally
admitted by the COP will not be required to use the system again.User Manual: https://oas.unfccc.int/oas/UNFCCC_Online_Admission_System_User_Manual.pdf

Information for COP 21/CMP 11

• Observer registration for COP
21/CMP 11Online Registration System (ORS) is closed
for admitted NGOs to nominate their representatives as announced in the information note issued by the secretariat on 23 January 2015. The
nomination deadline was Monday, 22 June 2015 at midnight Central
European Time (CET).

Only the admitted organizations that have nominated their representatives by the
above deadline will be able to attend COP 21/CMP 11. The level of attendance
will be managed in accordance with the capacity and services of the premises and taking into
consideration security and safety matters. The secretariat will inform all those
organizations that met the above deadline the managed level of attendance of each
organization by Monday, 29 June 2015.

Confirmation is open fromMonday, 29 June 2015 until Thursday, 26
November 2015 at midnight CET, organizations that have submitted their nominations
in time will be able to confirm them in accordance with the managed number
provided by the secretariat as announced in the information note.

Please note that the deadlines are strictly followed as announced in the information note issued on 7 July 2014.

The organizations that missed this deadline or that are not eligible for admission, please
review the section "Attendance" below.

• Applications for Side events and
Exhibits for COP 21/CMP 11Side events and exhibits online
registration system (SEORS) for COP 21/CMP 11 was open at 9 a.m. Central European
Time (CET) on Tuesday, 30 June 2015 and closed at 5 p.m. CET on Friday, 3 July 2015.
Selection process for the application will take a few months. Applicants will be notified in
September 2015 whether their application is successful.

The organizations that missed the deadline may apply to be on the waiting list in case
of cancellations. Please fill in a form below and send it to see@unfccc.int. There is no guarantee, however, that the
applicants on the waiting list will receive a slot since there is no knowing whether and when
cancellations will happen.

• Admission of new organizations
as observers in time for COP 21/CMP 11
The deadline for applications by new organizations for admission as observers in time for COP
21/CMP 11 in 2015 was 31 August 2014. Organizations who applied by the deadline were sent an
acknowledgement of receipt message in the Online Admission System (OAS) communication
function by 31 December 2014. Please contact us using the communication function in your OAS
account if you did not receive such an acknowledgement by that time. For more information,
please review the section “Admission” below.

Please note that the UNFCCC admission process is independent from any status of an
organization with ECOSOC, or other UN organizations and agencies.

Admission

The secretariat launched the Online Admission System (OAS) in May 2014. Any
organization wishing to apply for admission is now required to submit their application via
OAS. The secretariat will no longer accept hard copy or emailed applications.

Please refer to the dates and deadlines section on the right
of the page for relevant admission deadline dates.

Admission as an observer organization to the UNFCCC is a one-off process. In
accordance with FCCC/CP/1995/7,
paragraph 22, organizations, once admitted, are eligible to attend future UNFCCC sessions and
do not need to reapply for admission.

Article 7, paragraph 6, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides for the
admission of non-governmental organizations to sessions of the Convention bodies as observers. New
applicant organizations are formally admitted by the Conference of the Parties following the
successful completion of the admission process. Participation at sessions in between the SB sessions
and the COP is limited to those organizations that have been admitted or provisionally admitted at
previous SB sessions and COPs.

To apply for admission, organizations must submit a set of required documents to the secretariat. The
list of required documents is available below under Standard Admission Process.

The deadline for admission is 31 August the year before the admitting COP (e.g. the deadline for
admission for COP 22/CMP 12 in 2016 is 31 August 2015). Please refer to the information note on revised deadlines for admission for more details.

Admitted observer organizations should contact the secretariat whenever there is a change in
their contact details by completing a Contact Details Form for already admitted
organizations (see below) and sending it to cool@unfccc.int. Only forms sent electronically are acceptable.

Non-governmental organizations that have been admitted to the UNFCCC process may attend sessions of
the Convention bodies as observers provided that they use the Online Registration System (see below)
to nominate and confirm representatives by the set deadlines.

Notification: The secretariat’s usual practice is to post official
notifications or information notes for upcoming sessions on the UNFCCC website three months prior to
the start date of the sessions. It is the responsibility of the admitted observer organization to
check for notification/information note updates. You can find current information on the Notifications page of the
UNFCCC website.

Registration: The UNFCCC Online Registration
System (ORS) has been in place for all sessions since 2010. ORS will open upon issuance of the
notification/information note which contains the nomination and confirmation deadlines.
Designated Contact Points (DCP) of admitted NGOs should use the system to nominate and confirm
representatives by the given deadlines. Late nomination and confirmation of representatives after
these deadlines will not be accepted as announced in the information note.

Attendance: Admission of your organization is not the only way to attend
sessions. If your organization is not admitted and you have missed the deadline for admission or
if your organization is not eligible for admission, the representatives of your organization might be
nominated and confirmed to attend sessions by already-admitted observer organizations who agree for
them to be part of their delegation.Visibility will be given to the name of your organization if the
nominating organization makes relevant entries in the online registration system when confirming your
representatives. The contact details of the admitted NGOs are available here.

Virtual participation: It is also possible to follow the proceedings of UNFCCC
sessions via webcast. Please check the Meetings page of the UNFCCC website for the current
session and click on webcasts.

Keep your finger on the pulse: Community tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr allow
virtual participation during and between UNFCCC sessions. All links may be found at http://unfccc.int and include the following:

Twitter: The UNFCCC secretariat tweets from its Twitter account @UN_ClimateTalks, and its
Executive Secretary, Ms. Christiana Figueres, from @CFigueres.

Convention bodies often request written input on views and information on various issues under
negotiation. These mandates are extended to observer organizations. Please refer to the webpage of
submissions from observers available here.